I have shot 30-06, 300 Win Mag, 300 Wetherby, .307 (similar to .308), 270 and 30-30. I don't know that I really have a threshold for recoil. I can't say that the 300's or the -06 were really that bad. I know that I definitely prefer lighter recoil, though. I notice that when I'm practicing or sighting in even my 30-30 bothers me and I can start flinching if I don't focus and concentrate. My solution is to get sighted in and then do as much off hand shooting as possible and stay off the bench.

Today I looked at some recoild numbers on Chuck Hawk's site and just compared them to what the different configurations of the BLR might weight with a scope and it looks like the recoil in the 270WSM would be fairly significan't, due to the lightness of the rifle. I don't know that it would truly be unbearable.I did find another forum where they werediscussing the BLR andreferences were made to the high recoil in the BLR 270WSM. I know that is speculative, but finding someone with a BLR in the right caliberisjust not happening.

Looking at the benfit vs cost of the WSM, Imight be better off with the 30-06 or .308, all things considered. I know that either will do what I need it to do, but I was hoping to get a short action, a little better performance and similar recoil. I looks like performance will be compromised due to barrel lenghth and recoil will increase due to weight, and all this at a greater cost for the gun and ammo. The 300WSM would provide the same dilema.

Let me know if I'm thinking straight or not.

Spud